Oprah Winfrey tells the Associated Press that she’s ready to fight to turn around the fortunes of her cable-television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network. And if she doesn’t succeed she has a backup plan. Winfrey told the AP, "If this…
Time Warner Cable customers are at risk of losing access to New York Knicks and Rangers games as the cable operator continues a dispute with Madison Square Garden, reports Bloomberg. The current agreement expires at 12 a.m. on Jan. 1,…
The BBC’s choice of a panda among its list of the top women of the year has caused an uproar, with critics calling the organization sexist for its choice,reports the Hollywood Reporter. The women named as the top faces of…
Keith Olbermann, who moved from MSNBC to Current TV earlier this year, apparently is sitting out of the network’s coverage of the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary in January,reports Brian Stelter at the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog….
January has become a new beginning for television, with next month possibly airing more debuts than in September, the official start of this broadcast season, reports The New York Times. More than 70 shows will be debuting or having their…
MTV is pushing its upfront to later in 2012, made more confident by improved ratings, reports former TVWeeker and our good friend Jon Lafayette in B&C. The network will host its upfront presentation in April, instead of February, when it had been…
One of the regulars on CBS’s "Two and a Half Men," who formerly co-starred with Charlie Sheen on the show, is grateful that Sheen left the sitcom, Reuters reports. Actress Holland Taylor, who plays Evelyn Harper on the show, said…
TV Land is rolling out a new tagline, which the cable channel says is tied in with the results of a breakthrough study by Dr. Lee Berk titled “The Power of Laughter.” The new tagline is simply: “Laugh More.” The…
TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross writes about a movie he’s sure you’ll enjoy over the New Year’s holiday, if you click here.
The former CBS News producer who went to prison for attempting to blackmail David Letterman in 2009 has a new job in television, TVNewser reports. Joe Halderman, who was released from prison in late 2010, joins the staff of the…